temperature increase with compressing air?

temperature increase with compressing air?

temperature increase with compressing air?

Forgive me for my ignorance, but I havent had a formal thermodynamics class. I believe that the temperature of air increases as it is compressed, but I would like to know by how much. Is there a formula based on volume, intake air temp, and compression amount? Basically I'd like to know how hot the air is when compressed to 120psi. If my calculations are correct, it would need to compress about 6 cubic feet of air per second.

RE: temperature increase with compressing air?

RE: temperature increase with compressing air?

Entropy - In thermodynamics, a certain property of a body, expressed as a measureable quantity, which remains constant if no heat enters or leaves the body, whilst it does work or alters its volume, but which increases or diminishes should a small amount of heat enter or leave.

Audels Mechanical Dictionary

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